Trump Announces 10% Tariffs on 300 Billion!

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by Stockolio, Aug 1, 2019.

  1. DaveV

    DaveV

    Democrats are TERRIBLE at politics, and get outmaneuvered at ever turn by the Republicans; from losing a Supreme court seat, to failing to properly market Obamacare (everyone hated it for years until the Republicans tried to eliminate it without having a better solution).

    I wouldn't worry about that. Even if Warren or Sanders wins, they won't have the votes in the Senate, and you will pretty much have what you have today -- a stalemate where not much gets accomplished.
     
    #61     Aug 2, 2019
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  2. bone

    bone

    Not sure why you would place that bet - the US Fed has just started with their easing cycle and Draghi and the ECB have told the European Banks to expect even more pronounced negative rates (the ECB is devaluing the Euro against the Dollar).

    But I wish you good fortune.
     
    #62     Aug 2, 2019
  3. ironchef

    ironchef

    Almost guaranteed. 1989, Tiananmen Square social unrest, simply crashed it, nothing happened.

    I personally think China will blink and should blink since it is in their best interest. Those agreements are reasonable and not that different from any bilateral trade deals the US has with Canada, EU, Japan... It is actually difficult to enforce even if they agree to it.

    However, any single party political system cannot and will not allow anyone, especially outside forces to challenge their manhood, losing face, perceive being weak.
     
    #63     Aug 2, 2019
  4. https://news.yahoo.com/top-china-envoy-us-fanning-024044708.html

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...pro-independence-figure-amid-further-protests

    Civil Servants are rebelling vs HK government... The Banking and Business Association next week protesting against HK Government too, everyone is against Carrie Lam and the communists... Political Crisis meets a Economic Crisis in HK right now, if china comes in gun blazing it's over for that city, massive exodus of money. Either Carrie resigns and they elect a Democratic party, which communist china will never allow, or the city crumbles.

    Hong Kong civil servants joined in anti-government street protests Friday as China's top diplomat accused the U.S. and other Western nations of "fanning the flames" of the demonstrations he said aim to undermine the semi-autonomous region's prosperity, stability and security.

    Several thousand serving and retired members of the city's civil service joined the event Friday evening, which was notable for the lack of police-protester clashes that have overshadowed protest actions over recent days.

    "Right now the Hong Kong government is blindly leading the people. They disregard the needs of the population," said K.H. Wu, who worked for the government for 40 years.

    "As civil servants, if we don't stand up, that means we are disloyal. Our loyalties are not to a particular government, but to the people," Wu said.

    Participation in the rally did not come without risk, with officials warning civil servants they could be disciplined if they showed partiality or criticized specific officials and policies.
     
    #64     Aug 2, 2019
  5. ironchef

    ironchef

    Sorry, my bad. Add that into the mix.

    In that case, we have to add the 90% personal income tax to the top 50% earners, so we all can be equal - equally poor.
     
    #65     Aug 2, 2019
  6. S2007S

    S2007S


    That's been the entire plan,


    Will revisit this in due time!!
     
    #66     Aug 2, 2019
  7. dozu888

    dozu888

    there is no statistical significance... data sample is too small.
     
    #67     Aug 2, 2019
  8. ironchef

    ironchef

    Except I didn't see his winning form when he met Putin?
     
    #68     Aug 2, 2019
  9. dozu888

    dozu888

    true... although for this trade thing I don't see it dragged long after 2020... they gonna wait for 2024 lol.... by then all the companies can leave will have left.
     
    #69     Aug 2, 2019
  10. dozu888

    dozu888

    what.. on this one you are way behind... we are already in the 'investigating the investigator' phase...

    notice even the Dem debaters didn't mention Russia anymore... it's a nothing burger... actually worse than a nothing burger because the Barr investigation will eventually prove this was an illegal attempt to over throw a legit prez... so it will be poisonous for the candidates to associate themselves with the Russia thing any longer.
     
    #70     Aug 2, 2019
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